The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1887-03-17
Mrs. Lathrup Stewart is worse.

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CHAS. r. LOOMS. City Clerk.
Mrs. Lathrup Stewart is worse.
F. C.. Giddings returned from
the east the other day, quite ill.
Hon. p. j. McCumber returned
home Wednesday,, via. st. Paul.
Argus, IA: w. a. Beachem, of
Wahpeton, is registered ut the Sher-
man.
Mrs. G. Harff has returned home
after spending a pleasant visit in
st, Paul.
Fergus Journal:--"Pinafole" e" con-
templates a trip to Fargo and
Wahpeton.
U. A, Griffin. of Fairmount, re-
turned from Napoleon, Michigan,
this week.
Remember that Wednesday eve
ming of next week will occur the
maple suger festival at the NJ. E..
Church.
Sergeant Troy said Weiser did not
hit him tall, simply made a pass at
him. Had not Weiser been an old
man of go, lie would have thump ped
him.
The Hanly brothers have pur-
chased the corner lot east of Martin
Schott's place, and will put in a drug
store, laundry and rooms for other
Accommodations.
The many friends of II. n. Work.
man are pleased at his improvement.
We believe the fever was not broken
till Tuesday of this week. All hope
for Mr.. Workman's early recovery.
p. Hanson's little girl and Tom
Smiths little boy are very sick with
pneumonia. DR.. Reno, of Wahpe-
ton, is attending the former and
DIR. Truax the latter Brecken-
ridge Gazette.
Rev. Mr.. Woodruff, of the Babtist
church was called to Abercrombie
last Friday to conduct the funeral
service of the eleven-montll-old son
of Rev. Mr.. Edwards, Congrega.
tional'minister of that place.
Bro. Troy gets back at Bro.
Barnes and now the reverend gen.
tleman says THE TINES may an.
nounce that he will again consider
the subject of temperance and the
newspapers Sunday evening.
We have as yet been unable to
learn for a certainty whether the
session laws will he published in
the newspapers or not. The chances
are, however, that this bill was lost
in the shuttle, which is very unfor-
tunate.
1t is now given out that Hon.
Chas. Richardson has lost his Daily
Times of Valley City. 4 man is
not at all justified in publishing any
sort Of newspaper that does not at
least pay its way, and especially so
in the case of a daily.
j. Chas. Colby Of the Sheyenne
section of the county, and by the
way, probably the most competant
school teacher in the county, is in
Wahpeton this week after having
just closed his winter term of school.
He paid THE TIMES a pleasant call
to-day.
The appropriations of the late ses.
sion reached sl,400,O00, the largest
ever known in the territory, by long
odds. Senator McCumber fought
hard in behalf Of the treasury, and
along toward the latter end be-
came good deal disgusted with the
appropriation fellows.
Fergus Journal Subscription
lists to newspaper are not a mush-
room growth. They grow slowly
and steadily and must have plenty
of soil. When newspaper just
started claims to have list larger
than the old and established papers
set it down for a lie.
J. A. Ebel, the American express
agent at this place, has recently put
in some persistent work in the
direction of establishing a telephone
system in Wahpeton and has secur-
ed the requisite number OF sub
scribers. The articles of incorpora.
tion have been sent forward and
meeting occurs at the Bank of
Wahpeton Friday evening for the
election of u board of directors.
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